OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of allergic diseases on the subjective well-being and life satisfaction of primary-school children. DESIGN Population-based cohort. SETTING Finnish sample of children ages 10 and 12 from the International Survey of Children's Well-Being. PARTICIPANTS Nationally representative sample of 1947 school children. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Two different instruments to...

OBJECTIVE Previous research on Extraversion and life satisfaction suggests that extraverted individuals are more satisfied with their lives. However, existing studies provide inflated effect sizes, as they were based on simple correlations. In five studies, the authors provide better estimates of the relationship between Extraversion and life satisfaction. METHOD The current study examined st...

Developing large-scale complex systems in student projects is not common, due to various constraints like available time, student team sizes, or maximal complexity. However, we succeeded to design a project that was of high complexity and comparable to real world projects. The execution of the project and the results were both successful in terms of quality, scope, and student/teacher satisfact...

This article aims to investigate how students use new technology in collaborative group work and tries to measure what factors impact students’ satisfaction with overall group collaboration. In particular, this study aims to investigate the following research questions: What are the factors (including challenges) that influence the students’ overall satisfaction with collaboration? Does the usa...

Thanks to its multidimensional nature and ultimate effect on customer retention, consumer engagement, finally, firm efficiency, service value has gained a lot of attention in recent marketing literature. The findings indicate as the dimensions functional value, satisfaction, appurtenant image, social value. This study supports notion that higher education institutes can achieve competitive adva...